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Rheumatoid Arthritis – x-ray  changes




































                                                  (a)                                             (b)                                             (c)


     a) soft –tissue swelling and juvta-articular osteoporosis.


     b) juxta-articular erosions appeared (arrow) at the second and third metacarpo-phalangeal

     joints.


     c)Advance stage – MCP joints dislocate  and severely deformed.
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